Sanitary bed-basin holder.



W. 0. JOHNSON. SANITARY BED BASIN HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3,-1909.

Inventor \A/l' messes rnsrirnn sfraegns ra rnnm err ree:

WILLIAM C. JOHNSON, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE AS-SIGNMENTS, TO THE HULL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF TOFEKA, KANSAS, A

CORPORATION OF KANSAS.

SANITARY BED-BASIN HOLDER.

Application filed November 3, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of Topeka, in the county of Shawnee and State ofKansas, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Sanitary Bed-BasinHolders, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to devices for holding a basin or jar or othervessel at the side of a bed. Its object is to hold the basin in suchmanner that the l asin may be held at the side of the bed in a positionconvenient for the occupant of the bed for such uses as cxpectoration,vomiting, washing, etc., and also so that it may be readily removed andreplaced, and also so that the holding device and the basin may both beswung under the bed when not in use. And it comprises essentially a,clamp adapted to be detachably secured to the side-rail of a bedstead,and a basin holder secured to the clamp in such manner that the holder,either with or without the basin, may be extended both within andwithout the edge of the bed; and it further consists of the parts,improvements, and combinations hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawings accompanying and forming partof this specification andin the description of the drawings, I have shown my invention in itspreferred form, and have shown what I deem to be the best mode ofapplying the principles thereof; but obvious changes in form,proportions, and materials, the transposition of parts, and thesubstitution of equivalent members, may be resorted to, within the scopeof the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

Figure 1 is an elevation of the clamping member secured to the bed-railshown in section. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation. Fig. 3 is a face viewof one of the clamping members. Fig. 1 is a plan View of the holdingring, with a dotted outline of the held basin, and a section of theclamp.

Similar reference characters indicate like or corresponding partsthroughout the several views.

5 is a holding ring adapted to support a basin or other vessel, andprovided with a slotted extension 6 at one side. The slottedSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 31, 1911.

Serial No. 526,071.

extension is adapted to engage the clamping member 8 in the annulargroove 7 at the lower end thereof, so that the supporting ring may bereadily applied to and removed from the clamp. The upper end of theclamping member 8 is formed to engage the vertical flange of thebed-rail 15 and to overlap the upper edge and also the bottom flange, asindicated by the part 9. Through the stem of the clamping member is asquared hole 10, through which extends the squared bolt 11. 12 is theother clamping member, adapted to engage the under side and the edge ofthe lower or horizontal flange of the bed-rail, and provided with a slot13 through which the bolt extends. The clamp is secured to the rail bymeans of the bolt and nut 14, the slot permitting a vertical range ofadjustment to compensate for variations in the bed-rail.

It is obvious that with this attachment, the basin-holding ring may beturned out at the outside of the bed, or in under the bed where it willbe out of the way. The basin may be removed by simply lifting it off.The ring may be quickly removed from the clamp, as hereinbeforedescribed. And the clamp itself may be readily attached to or detachedfrom any bed-rail within a wide range of sizes.

What I claim is 1. The combination of a pair of adjustable clampingmembers adapted to be detachably secured to a bed-rail and provided witha horizontal annular channel, and a basin-supporting ring with a slottedside extension fitting in said annular channel.

2. The combination of a pair of clamping members adapted to be clampedto a bedrail, one of the members provided at its lower end with ahorizontal annular channel, and a basin-holding ring with a slotted sideextension, said slot being open at its inner end, and said slottedextension fitting in said annular channel.

3. The combination of a clamp comprising a ampingmember adapted toembrace the vertical flange and the bottom of the horizontal flange of abed-rail and having a downwardly extending stem with an annular channelin its lower end and a squared hole through the stem, a clamping memberadapted to embrace the bottom and the edge til of the horizontal flangeand having a slot In testimony whereof I have hereunto l'egisteiiingwith said squared hole and a i signed my name in the presence ofWitnesses. squai'ec bolt extending through said s uared I v T T hole andsaid slot, and a basin-holding; ring TILLIAM JOHBSOE with a slotted sideextension engaging said \Vitnesses:

annular channel so as to be rotatable hori- J NI. STARK,

zontally about said stem. CHARLES FREMONT CURREY.

